Why can’t education at least be immune from ministerial reshuffles?
Yesterday David Cameron, the UK Prime Minister, made a series of announcements about changes to the ministerial posts in his Government – though only those involving Conservative MPs. My main interest...
View ArticleA snapshot of human development | In Verba | Royal Society
A snapshot of human development | In Verba | Royal Society.Filed under: Behr facts, knowledge brokering Tagged: development, education, evidence, measurement, planet
View ArticleDo the inhabitants wage global wars on other Earth-like planets?
A hundred years ago this week saw the start of the first great war of the 20th Century – within 25 years another even more globalised war would be sparked, a festering legacy of the previous one. This...
View ArticleA new rose blooms @RoseTheatreSE1 as a second Elizabethan era draws to a close
We have a small rose in our garden which has just started to bloom. It sits quietly in a forgotten corner, just trying to get on with life, ignoring the hectic activity and competition taking place in...
View ArticleReforms to Science at GCSE and A-level: content delivery and practical skills
Originally posted on Science Learning Centres Blog and Video Bank:By Katy Bloom The Westminster Education Forum held a series of seminars for a predominantly teacher audience on Thursday 22nd July 2014...
View ArticleThe science of ice cream
Originally posted on Science Learning Centres Blog and Video Bank:By Yvonne Baker While you are tucking into your ice cream on the beach this summer, you are actually closer to science than might at...
View ArticleThere are facts and there are the behr facts
I was waiting for a train to arrive at my local station yesterday, but I wasn’t planning to take it. The train came in on time and people started disembarking. Just when they were all on the platform...
View ArticleI hope today’s ResearchED 2014 conference produces real benefits for education
I attended the inaugural ResearchED 2013 conference last September at Dulwich College and blogged about it here (this became my most viewed post, but that’s another story …). It was a great conference...
View ArticleTeaching: A Multi Skilled Vocation | EduVichar
Teaching: A Multi Skilled Vocation | EduVichar.Filed under: Behr facts, knowledge brokering Tagged: education, skills, teachers
View ArticleThe behrfacts blog – the final post
So. I’ve been plugging away at this blog for two-and-a-half years now and the time has come to call it a day after 228 posts – that’s about 2 per week, though admittedly quite a few of late have been...
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